Lady s work-table



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENDIX G. BORGESER'OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LADYS WO RK-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,201,..ldated February 13, 1883.

Application filed August 11, 1882. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENDIX' G. BORGESEN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Ladys Work-Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved ladys work-table, which is so constructed that the implements used for sewing, embroidery, and other needle-work will be very convenient, and the articles made can be stored in the table.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved work-tablc, showing the cover raised and one drawer removed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a part of the same, showing the cover closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper part of a modification of the same, showing the cover raised.

The work-table consists of a receptacle, A,

which is supported by suitable legs, B, the cornice D of which forms two longitudinal compartments, E and E, on the front and rear, which compartments are adapted to receive toilet articles or other'implements or articles used by ladies. Two drawers, F, adapted to slide between the compartments E and E, en'- ter at the ends of the cornice and can be withdrawn independently of each other. When these drawers are withdrawn the receptacle A will be opened and the content can be removed, and when the drawers are p jshed back into place they form a cover for the receptacle A, and they themselves are covered by the hinged cover (1. These drawers are divided into suitable compartments, G, as may be desired.

The drawers are provided with check-studs H to prevent them from being drawn out too far, which are located so that the innermost compartment, G, can only be reached by opening the cover 0, and cannot be reached by pulling the drawers out. This compartment G can thus be used as a private locker. The

drawers are to contain sewing utensils, stationery, and other articles used by ladies.

A-mirror, J, is attached to the under side of the cover (Land at the sides of the frame of this mirror two strips, K, are secured, between which an embroidery-frame, L, is adapted to slide. When this frame L is withdrawn it can be folded over to suit the operator, the article to be embroidered being fastened on this frame by means of suitable clamps. the front of the table the upper edge of the cornice D is provided with a recess, D, for receiving the end piece of the frame L.

The above-described table can be made square, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; or it can be made polygonal, as shown in Fig. 3; or it can be made circular or oval, as may be desired. In the modification shown in Fig. 3the cornice D is divided into a series of compartments, d, and instead of one cover, 0, two covers, 0 and 0 are provided, and the drawers are dispensed with. The cover 0 is provided with a mirror, J, and with a sliding embroidery-frame, L, which is contained within the grooves in the inner surface of the cover 0. A suitable quantity of materials and articles made therefrom can be placed in the receptacle A. The implements used in sewing or other needle-work will be very convenient, as will also the stationery, toilet articles, &c., in the table.

These tables can be used as work-tables, writing, toilet, and as ornamental center tables. They can be made ofany suitable kind of wood and of various sizes, as circumstances may require.

Having thus fully described my invention,

'1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the cover 0, having two strips, K, of an embroidery-frame, L, arranged to slide between said strips, as shown and described.

2. In a ladys work-table, the combination of the cornice D, forming the longitudinal compartments E E, and the drawers F, adapted to slide between these compartments from the ends of the box, with the hinged cover 0, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

BENDIX GEORGE BORGE-SEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. BORGESEN, :ADOLPH LARSON. 

